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No. 67,915. l Patenfed Aug. 20,V 1867.

JOHN W. SA'NFURD, OF BATH, NEW YRK..

Letters PotentNo. 67,915, dated August 20, 1867. l

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED GATE .AND FENCE.

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Beit known thatLJoHN W. SANFORD, of Beth, Steuben county, und State of New York, have invented l new and improved DoubleThree-Rail Balanced Gate with a. Two end Three-Rail Picket-Fence attached to gate, in combination with a sill tobe set under ground; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of'referen-ce marked thereon. ,u 1"

To enable others skilled in the art to Ineke und use my inyentiom will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The gates nrernude withvordinery rails lund pickets put on with screw-bolts of proper size, The pickets of the fence are also pnt on in the same manner. l

The gate a a is hung with a screw-bolt, through the topof the gate-postc and of the upper rail of the gate d, and when raised for .passing through, balances on said bolt by means of a. suieient weight ofleed, iron, stone, 0r sund, e, plz-iced on the` projection end of the top rail ofthe gate to hold them while open to their place. The posts of the-gutes and fence arefrnmed with a. tenen set in e mortise of asilhf, of a. suicient size. 'At the centre point ot" the gates is a. centre-block, g, framed in the sill, with gains in both sides for the ends of the lower rails to set in when shut, with @spring-catch to hold the gate down and shut. At the end of the'top of rails, to the gute Where they come together when shut, on one side is a rnrtise, and a tenon on theothe top mil of the other' side of the gate, so runde ns to fit in each other', with n pin through the mortise and `ioint for a. lock and guard. The posts of the gutes are mortised freni the top down tot. suiicient distance of the sill oi' the gates, to allow the rails to work through. The lower rails of the gutes, with the pickets when hoisted, drop down, by their weight, to the posts. The tenons of the posts of the gatesnd fence are set in themoutise of the sills with a. coating of tar,vto preserve them from decay. The projecting endof the top `iuils, of the gates is guarded with a guard-hook made of iron, und fastened to the top railof the fence, at the end of the` top mil ofthe gates` 4which sets over it, so as to make the gutes at the centre joints as stiff and strong as o. single gute would be.

These gates and fence front on both sides. The pickets on gates, and fence, und posts, to he pnt ou in shape und size corresponding to size. l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isu The manner of putting together these double gates and posts with fence, in combination with silla to be set in the ground.

JOHN W. SANFORD.

Witnesses:

E. R. PRATT, C. M. PRATT. 

